Reid's Birthday

(look closely and you can see his spit flying all over the cake--bet you were glad you didn't eat that! ....sorry if you were there and you did!!)

Here are some pictures of Reid from his 2nd birthday party. He LOVES Diego these days, so the Diego cake was the highlight of the day (even though the day before he told me he didn't like cake--or birthday parties,......he is definitely two!) We had another great day with wonderful weather and lots of fun friends and family to celebrate with. Reid is quite the ladies man, as all the kids at his party were girls!!

Again, I can't believe he is two!! We have loved these past two years and are so thankful to be his parents!!

GO DAWGS!!!

Here is a picture of the boys cheering on the dawgs on Saturday while they BEAT FLORIDA!!!

What a game!! We are taking the boys to Homecoming next weekend and they are so excited to go to the game! Go Dawgs!!

Everett's 4th Birthday Party

Friends,

bouncy castles,

and a Lightning McQueen cake...

What more could you need for a GREAT 4th birthday party?

We had a beautiful day--a welcome break from the heat!--and we played in the backyard with family and friends in Summerville. We are so thankful that God has given us so many wonderful friends to live life with while we are here--we are so blessed!!!

Also, I can't believe how fast my kids are growing up...4 already??

First Day of K-4

New uniforms and we're ready to go!!

Here is Everett on his first day in his new K-4 class. (three weeks ago, I know...) His new teachers are Mrs. Appleby and Mrs. Metter and he is really enjoying it!! I feel like he has grown up a bit from being around kids that are 4 and 5...he came home the other day and asked me why Jonathan named his son Mephibosheth...he thought it was kind of hard to say...um, yeah, me too.

Reid and his new best friend...

When Everett starts K-4 on Monday he will be going everyday!! Reid will miss him so much--everytime we drop him off at school Reid says " I need my Everett." and today he asked me to come back and sit in Everett's seat so he would have someone to play with. I had a little trouble explaining all the reasons I couldn't sit in Everett's seat, size being a big one, driving from the backseat being another. Needless to say it is going to be an adjustment for Reid, so I think his friendship with Bu ---the most amazing cat around children, by the way---will come in handy thse next couple of weeks. I am not going to mention how Mama feels about this going to school everyday---can he really be that big? am I ready to let someone else influence him everyday? We do LOVE the school he is going to. His new teacher is wonderful and loves the Lord, so i guess I just need to do a little letting go.....so much for not mentioning it huh?

First Day of School and stories...

Everett's first day of school was last week and he LOVED it! He was a little nervous about going, he's not a huge fan of change, but when i picked him up, he told me "I didn't want to go to school today, but now I don't want to leave." So I think he is going to be a school dork like me!!

He is starting to read, so they are looking into moving him up to the K-4 class...I will post more about that if it happens!

Reid is entering into such a fun stage! His new thing now is he loves to play hide and seek, and today he started playing with the cat. Yes, hide and seek with the cat. Here is what it looked like:

Reid: Mommy where's Bu (the cat)?

Mommy: I'm not sure. Why don't you look for him.

Reid: (with a huge smile) Bu is playing hide and seek!!

1, 2, 13, 17, 19,...ready here I go!

Is he on couch? No.

Is he on puter (computer)? No.

Is he in fidgerator? No.

...on and on and on and on....

They have such great imaginations!!

Bu, by the way, was asleep upstairs, totally unaware that he was playing the most fun game of Reid's life!!!

"Surfing"

Everett loved "surfing" the waves on his raft this year, a big change from last year, when he didn't like the water at all!! Gotta love the goggles....

St. Simons

We were so blessed this summer to be able to spend a week at the beach with my (Kadie's) Mom, Grandmother, and sister. The boys had a wonderful time building sandcastles, "surfing", hanging out with Nai Nai, and having "coffee" with Mimi. More pictures to follow!!

Tummies burping...

Funny Story--I am a terrible story teller, but I thought I just had to share this one. So Matt was just running around with the boys and Everett had a little gas. I said "Everett, what was that? Did you have gas?" (kind of smiling at him) Looking at me very seriously he said "That wasn't gas mommy, my stomach just burped." Boys are so funny (and kind of gross)!!! But I've got a house full of them and I love them!!

Thoughts from Reid...

What's a kid got to do to get some ice cream around here ?!?

4th of July

We had a great July 4th ( I know I am late, I am trying to catch up!!) cooking out and watching fireworks at church with our Sunday School class. The boys had a great time "playing with the big boys"--the older kids who were sweet enough to play with them, even though they really couldn't quite play! We are so thankful for how much we feel at home in Summerville--God has turely blessed us with so many fun, sweet friends!!

Boys in the Cabinet

What I saw when I walked in the kitchen after hearing muffled giggles,

What I saw when I opened the cabinet!!

First ice cream truck treat!

Bubbles

Boys at the Zoo

Easter Eggs..

Better late than never. Everett coloring eggs for Easter before the stomach bug hit. This is sadly about as Easter as we got this year!

some pretty good results...

desperate attempts at an easter picture...

Everett and his new friend Emerson

From start...

...to finish

(minus the swings--which are there now, but I haven't gotten a new picture!)

Washing cars

Loves Cars

water fountain

This is a picture of the boys having a great time at the battery in downtown Charleston. There was one little stream of water in this fountain and, somehow, Reid managed to get himself SOAKED! Gotta love little boys!!

Is the doctor in?

Everett and his "girlfriend", Addie Lane. and by the way the doll in her hand was the patient...

Peek-A-Boo

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!

Everett's new Georgia football uniform!

GO DAWGS!!!

Matt's 30th!

Matt's brother and Mom--part of the big crowd who helped celebrate!

Everett helping Matt blow out his birthday candles...

Everett tricking Uncle Brian into letting him eat LOTS of chocolate from the chocolate fountain...

Friends, family, and a chocolate fountain...who could ask for anything more??

Wanna piece of this?

Everett and Nai Nai try to intimidate the camera...

GREAT grandmother...

Everett and Mimi, his great grandmother. What a blessing that he gets to know and spend time with Mimi--she is such a fantastic woman!

Nutcracker meets Thomas the Train

Enjoying the wonderful Christmas decorations over Thanksgiving with the boy's GREATgrandmother in Oklahoma

House of Bounce

Ready, set, GO!!!

Having fun at the "jumpy place" with Aunt Angela and cousin Jackson!!

Starting over....

Okay, I know it has been forever since I have written, but I am "starting over" this year and am going to update MUCH more often than I have been. I have really enjoyed other websites that are often updated--especially those that update everyday!!--so i thought I would try to update often too.
I am going to back log a bit, but will eventually catch up!!
Here is a picture of our house in Charleston--we are so thankful for what the Lord has provided us with!!